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I've read some sources that East Asia was pretty matrifocal and egalitarian some 3,000 years ago, and women were considered to be vessels of the divine in the Pre-Confucian Era. Shamans who communicate with nature spirits were almost always women, as the Ancient East Asians believe that the Divine can only manifest in the feminine. That's why Shamans in the Pre-Confucian Era, whether in China (Wu), Japan (Miko) or Korea (Mudang), were almost all females. Women were revered and highly respected in Ancient East Asian societies.

Then, when Confucianism became embedded in East Asia, the culture became increasingly patriarchal and misogynistic. Female infanticide became quite common in China because many families were always expecting for a male son. Daughters were considered to be bad luck and a curse during the Confucian Era. After Confucianism became entrenched in East Asia, the female shamans who once held the highest spiritual authority in the past, became marginalized and demonized.

Could it be that this ideology is the direct cause of the long history of patriarchal absolutism that reigned over East Asia for so long?

I just find it hilarious that the traditional racial terms being used to classify people in Spanish is considered offensive in the United States. Like the term "Negro". Just for everyone's information it is not equivalent to the N-word. Negro simply means black. Mulatto is not offensive, it simply means a person of mixed African and European lineage. Mestizo simply means a person of mixed Native American and European descent. Indio means a full blooded Indian/Native American. Gringo/Blanco is a term that means White.

I don't know who the hell in the American academe decided that these terms are offensive. They are not. They are race descriptors or markers. Similar to how you describe various ethnicities like Asian, Black, Hispanic, Indian, Middle Eastern, White, etc.

I find it stupid to police traditional Spanish racial terms, and then a bunch of woke professors decided that they are offensive.

The Boxing Scene in the Philippines have been dominated by Visayans for many decades. But why can't they do the same with MMA?

I just find it hypocritical that they get extremely agitated and angry when other races of people use it, but have no issues calling and poking each other with the same term.

I mean, if it's really dehumanizing, then let go of it. Let it be forgotten by time and let no one remember it. I just find it too hypocritical that they castigate others when they use it, but they use it casually and colloquially.

Let's make an example. Asians are being insulted by terms like "Ching Chong". Asians don't use it amongst themselves because of the stupid and insulting implications of that term. You'll never hear an Asian use that term to another Asian.

But the N-word? It's all over Pop culture. It's in raps, songs, TV shows, movies, etc. Because of that, I have a feeling that Blacks are not really so serious with the severity of the word. That word now functions as a "gotcha" word, so whenever other races use it, they can be accused of racism so easily.

If they find this word to be so offensive, then set an example. Drop that term altogether. Let it be extinct naturally.

Dito ako nagtataka kasi developed naman ang infrastructure ng Malate. Ang daming skyscrapers. Pero hindi nila magawang CBD kagaya ng Ayala CBD o BGC o kaya naman ay kagaya ng Ortigas. Bakit kaya? Ano ang mga hadlang para ma-convert ang Malate into an official CBD?

I don't know if this is popular or not, but based on my observation, Asian Americans are really raised very well by their parents. The current status of Asians in the United States right now is almost a miracle. First generation Asian migrants are as "poor as rats" when they came to America, but now their descendants have some of the highest earning and most educated ethnicities in the States.

Asians are also more courteous and polite compared to other ethnicities. For example, you will very rarely see an Asian who is a Walmart or Airline Karen that would cuss everyone out and throw tantrums on the stuff if they don't get what they want. I've seen plenty of these Karen videos on the internet, and I can confidently say that I've never seen a Karen video of an entitled Asian.

Also, Asians have some of the lowest crime percentage in America, whether it be for assault, homicide, rape, etc.

Asians are also victims of school bullying, but it's very rare for Asians to bully other ethnicities.

Therefore, I came to a conclusion that Asians have the best parenting method, and they raise their children very well. The bar of Asian parenting is set to high standards, for everyone to emulate.

I'm really curious about this one. The big businesses in ASEAN countries, such as banks, factories, malls, corporations and conglomerates, are mostly owned by Ethnic Chinese people. According to one certain study, the range of economic control of Ethnic Chinese in various ASEAN nations ranges from 60-70% of national economies, whereas only 30-40% of ASEAN economies were natively owned and controlled.

From a historical point of view, how did the Chinese established economic dominance over Indigenous ASEAN people?

Thank you so much to whoever will respond to this Inquiry.

Visayans have total dominance when it comes to Boxing in the Philippines. Why are other major ethnic groups underrepresented in boxing?

I've heard from some people and I've also read from various online sources that when the Yue tribes of Southern China, who then migrated to Taiwan and the Malay archipelago en masse, some of these tribes were able to migrate to Japan and according to the sources that I've read, the southern islands of Okinawa, Ryukyu and Shikoku have significant amounts of Austronesian related ancestry. How true is this?

I will really appreciate if a Japanese person can respond to this. Domo Arigato!

I have some examples. Bangladesh is one of the examples of a once significant Hindu minority population that keeps on declining and declining. After the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the political leaders conducted a survey of religious adherents in the then East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh. The Hindu population in 1951 was 22% of the Bangladeshi population. Then during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Muslim armies of West Pakistan specifically targeted the Bangladeshi Hindus, because they see them as enemies, and many Hindus were massacred and millions were forced to flee to India. As a result, the Bangladeshi Hindu population declined from 22 % in 1951 to 13.1% in 1971. Do you know what's the Hindu share of Bangladesh's population is now? 7.95%. It declined from 13.1% in 1971 to 7.95% today. Bangladeshi Hindus are in a very dangerous situation right now, and communal violence and sporadic lynchings and burnings of houses and temples are very common.

Another example is Syria. The Syrian Christian population used to be huge and a significant part of the nation. Under the former dictator Bashar Al Assad, the Christian population of Syria used to be stable at around 10-15% of the population. Then, Assad was forced to flee Syria and radical Islamic factions took over Syria, and minorities like the Druze and Christians were driven out from Syria because of threats of violence and killings under the Jolani/Shara'a Regime. Now, the share of Christian population in Syria plummeted from 10-15% to 3% of the population.

Another example is Sabah. Sabah, before joining the Union with Malaya in 1963, used to be a non-Muslim majority State. According to the 1960 Census, just three years before the Union, Muslims only make up 38% of Sabah's population. Now, it's 70%, the percentage of Islam adherents doubled, thanks to a radical politician named Tun Harun Mustapha who implemented a lot of radical policies in Sabah after its union with Malaya, such as affirmative action to Muslims and discrimination towards non Muslims, which pressured a lot of Indigenous communities who followed tribal religions to accept Islam. Now, Sharia Law rules over Sabah because it became Muslim majority due to the political policies of radical lawmakers such as Tun Mustapha.

Minorities are never safe under Islamic rule nor jurisprudence. I can see Muslims crying for tolerance in the West, and the irony of it all is that, once Islam became the established majority in a certain nation, there is no minority rights. In paper, there is, but in actual practice, you're at their mercy.

I believe we are one of the few nations in the works where wages and the cost of living don't match, at all. Minimum wage is very low and you will be given pennies as compensation, but the cost of living is exponentially high: rent is high, food prices are high, electricity rates are high, purchasing a house is almost impossible even if you earn a little above the minimum, grocery prices are high, etc.

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If you'll go and stay in other countries, especially our neighboring ASEAN nations, you'll find out that the gap between the cost of living and their salaries aren't very far off from one another. For example, in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam where tens of thousands of Filipinos work, food prices are very affordable and the food portions are insane. My college classmates who are now working in Thailand and Vietnam were able to save huge amounts of their salaries because you can eat in a food park and you'll already be full with a meal that costs the equivalent of ₱80-₱100 in the Philippines. In the Philippines, a decent, stomach filling meal in a food park would cost you ₱250-₱350.

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I feel like our government doesn't really want Filipinos to live a life of comfort and freedom from stress. They want us to be perpetually miserable, so they can forever cling to power.

I mean, what are the signature dishes of Baguio that is truly native to the city? Other cities and provinces have their signature dishes. Sisig is the signature dish of Pampanga. Lomi is the signature dish of Batangas. Iloilo's signature dish is Pancit Molo. The signature dish of Ilocos Sur is Vigan Empanada. In Pangasinan, it's Pigar-pigar and Kaleskes. In Cebu, it's Lechon Cebu.

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How about Baguio? What are some of the culinary creations and inventions that are mostly only found in Baguio?

Annyeong! I am asking this question as a Filipino, and I know many Koreans know that the Philippines consists of at least a hundred ethnolinguistic groups, with eight groups being the principal: Bicolano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Tagalog and Waray. These eight tribes/ethnolinguistic groups are the majority in the Philippines.

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I am very curious though, was there ever a period in Ancient Korean History wherein Koreans also consists of multiple ethnolinguistic groups? Or has it always been one Korean people with no tribal or linguistic differences?

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I will really appreciate all of your insights and responses. Komapsumnida ❤️

I don't know if you have the same experiences online, but based on my observation, Malaysians are really nasty, rude and condescending, and they are the ones who often talk shit about the Philippines.

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I've had experiences with several international platforms and forums and whenever there's an ASEAN discord, other ASEAN nations are pretty friendly and curious about the Philippines, except for Malaysia.

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If you understand Bahasa and you visit Malay forums, your blood will really boil and you'll notice that they talk negatively about the Philippines, a lot. I often read insults like "Pagpag eaters," "toilet cleaners," "sex workers," "maids," etc. they really think lowly of Filipinos.

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I can't say the same for other ASEAN countries like Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam that are friendly towards Filipinos.

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I don't know what's up with Malaysia, and why its people hate the Philippines so much.

Remember when former President Aquino said "kapag hindi ito natapos bago ang end ng term ko, papasagasa ako", you know why he said those words? Because he underestimated the challenges that the Cavite LRT Station will be facing and he didn't know that the Villars would block the right of way for this project.

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The main reason for the delay is because there are portions of the extension project that would bypass into Villar territory, and what this family want is that major portions of the project will be placed in major developments owned by them, so the national government will have to pay them huge sum in taxes. This is also the right of way issue plaguing the Marcos Jr. administration, and one of the main reasons why the expansion into Niog in Bacoor was temporarily halted to Sucat Station.

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I can't fathom how evil the Villars are. They will do everything for money and control and they don't care about the suffering of our citizens.

I don't know why Left Wingers are even called Progressive. Maybe because they want to introduce changes to the current socioeconomic and political system that is currently put in place. They want to curb the influence of religious institutions and the military, as well as the police in society. But when it comes to Freedom of Speech and Expression, they are very restrictive.

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The perfect example is when Right Wingers and Traditionalists, like Pro Lifers Lila Rose and Kristan Hawkins, as well as podcasters Candace Owens, Michael Knowles and the late Charlie Kirk wants to visit College Campuses across across America to speak about their advocacies and platforms, Left Wing College Students will rally in the said campuses and they will pressure and challenge the faculty to censor these speakers and to prevent them from visiting these campuses. They always fail to do so, and when they are invited in a dialogue with these people, they often come out rude and violent with insults, threats and ad hominem arguments that are very far from the topic at hand.

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When Charlie Kirk was announced dead on television, these people celebrated out in the streets with parties and merrymaking, as if it's Christmas or Thanksgiving. Maybe they felt relief because the person that constantly challenges them and their ideologies was no longer alive.

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It's very different with Right Wingers, they often encourage debates and argumentation. They don't censor those with different opinions and ideologies from them, but they often challenge them to a dialogue or debate. Left Wingers are often invited even in right leaning campuses and events.

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I don't think Left Wingers are progressive. They are draconian, authoritarian, and they love to censor and deplatform everyone who don't agree with their ideas and beliefs.

It's kinda unfair that the natives or locals in Baguio are angry with tourists, because they are considered "pampasikip", but they don't have issue with the hundreds of thousands of lowland migrants in Baguio who cluttered the city and made it overpopulated.

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The hilarious part here is that, most of those who complain about tourists are actually descendants of those lowland migrants, and they themselves are not Igorot or Indigenous to the city.

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I have the statistics, actually. Out of the 360+ K residents, ⅔ are lowland migrants, only ⅓ are Indigenous to the City. If space is really the problem, I think it's high time to send the ⅔ of your population back to the lowlands, so your city will be able to breathe again.